Theater
black odyssey boston is a fearless, funny, and fraught reimagining of Homer’s Odyssey as the story of the African-American diasporic experience.
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Cry It Out is a well-done dramedy that suggests that we try harder to let life’s sweet moments linger.
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“I saw it coming three years ago, when there was a frenzy of development in the Fenway. Now the neighborhood looks like a corporate mall.”
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School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play is a serious comedy that takes aim at our provinciality and ignorance.
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In the case of a scene set in the Lodz Ghetto, the lineup of characters on the way to the concentration camps veered, for me, close to Holocaust porn.
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This evening is a revelatory experience on race relations, with grief, rage, and the whole business of hope and change.
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Indecent is a play of contrasts: piety versus blasphemy, joy versus heartbreak.
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James Graham’s new play almost evokes sympathy for the devil. Almost.
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As Zeitgeist Stage Company closes its doors, it’s hard not to wonder, with some bitterness, what our plucky local small-scale theater troupes would be able to accomplish if they had the resources they need.
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Theater Commentary: The Boston Theater Critics Association — Still Evaluating?
The BTCA should take action in support of #MeToo.
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